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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1975
Page
11
Las Vegas column details David Henry's final Clark County paycheck totaling 22 220.40 after eight years in office with severance and leave pay. The piece criticizes closed door meetings, cites mayor Briare and commissioner Leavitt, and questions county equipment misuse probes and information access.
Dr. Philip Roos of the National Association for Retarded Citizens argues mental deficiency is misunderstood and can be addressed. He notes over six million Americans fit the category, many from poverty areas, and urges prevention and opportunities for independence.
Mayor Briare pledged the Reed Whipple Cultural Arts Center will not be converted into office space. He favored keeping the center as is or adding a separate theater beside it as part of a broader plan to expand downtown cultural facilities.
The council adopted a trash and garbage ordinance requiring fly tight containers and covered dumpsters with on street storage banned after collection day. Fines rise to 500 dollars with up to six months in jail. An animal control amendment raises impound fees to 10 dollars for the first offense and 25 dollars for subsequent holds plus a two dollar daily pound charge paid to the city.
Carolyn O'Callaghan will greet donors on the last day of a month long blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the new state office building in Las Vegas. The event is sponsored by the Desert Chapter of the Nevada Employees' Association with honorary chairmen Governor and Mrs. O'Callaghan.
Five aluminum light poles valued at 500 dollars each were removed from the sidewalk near Washington Avenue and Saylor Way by a crew in a boom truck. Poles, installed in December 1974, had been burning since. An eye witness saw a uniformed man directing traffic during the theft. Deputy Director William Purvis estimates about an hour to complete the removal. The city seeks the return of the poles.
The Southern Nevada United Way reports 60 percent of its 1975 goal reached with 12 days left. $830,609 collected of $1,385,056. Totie Fields Body Beautiful Secret Contest winner Janet Currington will join prize guests at Caesars Sands or Dunes for two nights and a dinner show with Totie Fields at the Sands Gourmet Room on Oct 28. Currington’s husband Dennis accepted the prize. Janet also placed third in volunteers. Additional winners include Roger Anderson, Bob Locatelli, and public division winners Jean Fee, Michael Miller, Juanity Golsky, Lori Brown.
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